Chapter 48: A Powerful Hand Grips Her Throat

Sheng Group, President Office.

Situ knocked and entered, placing a document on the desk, "Young Master Sheng, something has happened to Li Sha at the Theater."

Hearing this, Sheng Yu, behind the desk, did not even look up, "What happened?"

Situ gave a rough account of the matter.

There was no extra expression on Sheng Yu's cold, handsome face, but after Situ finished speaking, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, "Kidnapping?"

Situ nodded.

The man's jaw suddenly tightened, a sharp look flashing in his eyes, "It was done by Sheng Hongyao."

"Chairman Sheng? Could he still be suspecting someone from the Theater? That's right, last time, apart from Li Sha, everyone else from the Drama Troupe was on the cruise ship. If Chairman Sheng is still suspicious, the first target of his suspicion would be Li Sha."

It seems that this time Chairman Sheng is determined to find the woman behind Young Master Sheng and get a hold on him.

Sheng Yu put down the pen in his hand, "My taste is fine; if Li Sha is ruled out, the prettiest one is the easiest to arouse suspicion."

Situ's expression was grave, "Are you saying Miss Zhu is in danger?"

Sheng Yu swept a cold glance at him, stood up, walked around the desk, and without even taking his coat, strode toward the door, "Go to the Theater."

Suddenly, his footsteps stopped.

Zhu Yuan was not sure if it was really Sheng Yu; she dared not move forward and intended to take the opportunity to slip away, but was pushed by the troupe leader, "Go in quickly, don't dawdle."

Zhu Yuan had not fully recovered, and being pushed like that, she stumbled and fell into the private room.

The door she bumped into rebounded and closed again.

She subconsciously looked up.

However, before she could see clearly, a wheat-colored hand tightly gripped her throat and pressed her against the wall!

"Ugh!"

The sharp pain in her back made Zhu Yuan cry out, but with her throat being gripped, the sound could not be fully emitted.

She instinctively clutched at the hand gripping her, but that hand was incomparably hard; no matter how she slapped, scratched, or tore, she could not shake it in the slightest, only feeling her throat getting tighter and more painful.

She could not breathe at all.

"You've got some nerve, daring to provoke even me!"

A familiar yet strange voice came, and Zhu Yuan suddenly opened her eyes, looking at the source of the voice with a painful expression.

The man standing against the light had a cold, murderous look in his eyes, and that overly handsome face now appeared incomparably gloomy.

It was Pei Ling!

She grabbed Pei Ling's wrist and begged, "Second... Second Master, if you have something to say, let's talk about it properly..."

When she first met Pei Ling, he looked like a male college student, wearing a hoodie with headphones around his neck; at that time, she could not connect him with a loan shark at all.

She did not expect his strength to be so great, and that he could take her life at any moment if he turned ruthless.

Pei Ling gripped her throat and pressed her against the wall, "Know fear now? When you were spreading rumors about me and you to ruin my reputation, why didn't you know fear?"

Finding it increasingly difficult to breathe, Zhu Yuan's face gradually turned purplish-red, her eyes wide, struggling desperately.

However, Pei Ling was much taller than her; her feet could not kick him, and her hands could not hit him.

Just as she thought she was really going to die in Pei Ling's hands today, the man suddenly let go.

Zhu Yuan fell limply to the ground, covering her throat with both hands; as air slid into her throat, a burst of intense stinging pain made her unable to stop coughing.

She wept while coughing, her complexion gradually turning from the previous flushed red to pale.

In just a few days, she had repeatedly experienced oxygen deprivation and suffocation; anyone would collapse!

When she saw the man's footsteps approaching her from the corner of her eye.

Zhu Yuan recoiled violently like a frightened bird.

Her head hit the door panel with a bang.

Pei Ling reached out and picked her up like a chick, letting her lean against the door panel, "My woman? Which finger of mine has ever touched you!"

Zhu Yuan could not make a sound at this moment, only shaking her head.

What woman?

She could not understand what Pei Ling was saying at all.

The woman's tears fell one by one onto the back of Pei Ling's hand, but he remained unmoved, only sneering, "I thought you were quite smart before, but I didn't expect it to be self-cleverness. What, trying to use my name to get some benefits?"

He leaned over, and his other hand gently patted her face, "Speak!"

Zhu Yuan coughed violently and burst out with a cry: "I'm wronged!"

Pei Ling's hand holding her paused, and Zhu Yuan hurriedly broke free from his grip, ran to the opposite side, and leaned against the wall, presenting a defensive posture.

"Second Master, *cough cough*, what exactly is going on? You can't wrong me for no reason!"

The woman's neck was slender and white, originally very beautiful, but now it had finger marks on it, and with the teardrops on her face, she looked miserable and disheveled.

Zhu Yuan gasped for air, "What 'your woman'? Do I look like I'm willing to be your woman? Using your name to swindle people outside? Do you see what kind of life I'm living now? I'm on pins and needles all day, walking on thin ice—whoever wants to live this damn life can have it!"

"What are you yelling at me for!" Pei Ling's face darkened.

Outside the Theater, before the black sedan could get close, Assistant Jiang raised a hand, the car stopped, and the two cars following behind also stopped.

He glanced at the car parked not far away; the license plate looked a bit familiar, and there were quite a few parked nearby, looking like they were together.

"Check whose car that is."

After a while, the Bodyguard replied, "It's the car of the Second Master of the Pei Family, Pei Ling, and his Bodyguards."

Assistant Jiang frowned.

Why would the Second Master of the Pei Family come to the Theater at this time? There was no performance at all in the morning.

The Pei Family is one of the Five Great Families, second only to the Sheng Family and far ahead of the other three families.

The Sheng Family and the Pei Family have always kept to themselves, like well water not encroaching on river water.

Assistant Jiang was also afraid of offending the Pei Family, so he immediately told someone to go inside and find out what Pei Ling was doing there.

Three minutes later, Assistant Jiang called Sheng Hongyao with a complicated expression.

"Chairman, I'm afraid we cannot take Miss Zhu away today; the Second Master of the Pei Family, Pei Ling, is here, and Miss Zhu is with him."

Sheng Hongyao said coldly, "What did you say?"

"We discovered the Pei Family's motorcade as soon as we arrived, and Pei Ling is inside."

"Why would Zhu Yuan be with Pei Ling?"

Assistant Jiang said, "Your subordinate is currently investigating."

After a few seconds, Sheng Hongyao asked, "Did you see Sheng Yu's car?"

"No, we have been here for ten minutes, and we haven't seen Young Master Yu appear either."

After hanging up the phone, Sheng Hongyao lit a cigarette, leaned back against his chair, and smoked while lost in thought.

According to his prior speculation, if Zhu Yuan was Sheng Yu's person, Sheng Yu would definitely have had people watching the Theater; once Li Sha had an accident, Sheng Yu would easily guess that he was the one who did it and would certainly go to the Theater to protect Zhu Yuan.

However, Sheng Yu did not appear.

Where exactly did the problem arise?